Improvement in cloaks



J. D. ROGERS.

Cloak. No. 211,426. Patented Jan. 14,1879.

p. OOGQOOCDOO N. Perms, PHOTO-UTHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. D. O.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPHINE D. ROGERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IM PROVEMENT IN CLOAKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,426, dated January 14, 1879; application filed October 28, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, JOSEPHINE D. ROGERS, of the city of New York, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ladies and Misses Oloaks; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ladies, misses, and childrens cloaks, whereby the same are adapted for either cold or mild weather, being provided" with attachments which may be used when necessary to secure warmth, and'removed when they are not required, and which can be readily and easily attached or detached at pleasure.

The invention consists, first, in a muff attachmeut for a cloak of novel and peculiar construction, as hereinafter particularly set forth; also, in the improved construction of the mud and its arrangement with the other parts of the garment, whereby the said muff is supported by the cloak or other garment in connection with which it is used instead of being carried in the hand; and it also consists in the combination of the several parts with each other and with a detachable collar, as hereinafter set forth and described.

Ladies and misses mufls have ordinarily been made as a separate article of apparel, distinct and separate from the cloak or garment with which they are used, and being a separate and distinct article of apparel have been liable to be left behind or lost, or dropped from the hand; and one of the objects of my improvements :is to obviate this difliculty, and another object of my invention is to provide a cloak which shall be equally well adapted either for very cold weather or for weather that is moderately cold.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents my improved cloak as it is to be worn in cold weather. Fig. 2 is a view of the same with the attachments removed, so that it is adapted for mild weather. Fig. 3 is a separate view of the muff attachment; and Fig. 4 represents a modification of the construction of the muff, hereinafter explained.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the several figures.

A represents the body of the cloak or garment, which may be of any convenient form or pattern, and may be either single-breasted or double-breasted. B is a detachable collar or cape, which is secured to the body A by buttons at a, or other suitable means. 0 is a detachable front breadth provided with button-holes b b on each edge, which fit onto buttons c 0 on the body A, by which means it is secured to the latter, and may be attached thereto or detached therefrom at pleasure. Connected with this front piece 0 is a muff, D, which may either be made as an integral part of the former by turning a portion thereof (at the proper point) upward and inward, so as to form the muff, or otherwise may be made detachable, as shown in Fig. 4, and provided with loops or button-holes d, by means of which it is attached to the buttons 0 in convenient position to receive the hands of the piece, 0, adapted to be buttoned to the cloak, 4

and having connected with it a muff, D, the

said mufi D either forming an integral part of I the piece 0 or made detachable therefrom, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the body A of the cloak, the detachable front breadth (J, provided with button-holes b b to fit on to the buttons 00 on the body of the cloak, and the mud D, attached to or forming part of the breadth O, substantially as described, so that the muff is supported by the cloak.

3. Aladys, misss, or childs cloak provided with a detachable collar, B, and a mufl' attachment, whereby the said muff is attached to and supported by the cloak, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

JOSEPHINE D. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

. Gno. R. CARRINGTON,

JAMES FnTTIs. 

